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The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a man from Norway's Finnmark region has been detained by Russian law enforcement authorities.
News Norway » Finnmark: Forces: Fighting For Finnmark
May 16, 2019: Norway is increasing its military forces along its 193 kilometer border with Russia. This buildup comes eight years after Russian did the same on its side of the border. On the Norway ...
News Norway » Finnmark: Norway to invite Ukraine instead of Russia to mark 80th anniversary of Finnmark's liberation from Nazis
The authorities of Norway's region of Finnmark will send an invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the region's eastern part from ...
News Norway » Finnmark: Norway beefs up military presence in Finnmark
The Defense Minister on Friday announced the new structure of the army and the home guard. The plan pays special emphasis on northern Norway. In Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost region, gets a full ...
News Norway » Finnmark: A Norwegian winter storm led to the burning of 91 people at the stake and became one of the deadliest witchcraft trials
In 1617, a winter storm in Norway sparked the Finnmark witch trials, leading to the burning of 91 people at the stake. It was the deadliest witchcraft trials in Norwegian history. On Christmas Eve in ...
News Norway » Finnmark: Norway: Sami voices not heard in Finnmark liberation ceremony
On the day where messages of thanks and remembrance are flying fast between the Norwegian and Russian peoples gathered in Kirkenes, the Sami felt excluded. There’s a large delegation from Russia, ...
News Norway » Finnmark: 'If you want to build wind without subsidies, Finnmark is the place'
A new Norwegian-Finnish partnership this week set out its ambitions for 900MW of subsidy-free wind power development in Northern Norway. The Grenselandet project – a joint venture of Ny Energi and ...